2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2)Note, 1. We must do that which is commendable, for which even strangers may praise us. Our light must shine before men , and we must do good works that may be seen, though we must not do them on purpose that they may be seen. Let our own works be such as will praise us, even in the gates , Phil. 4:8. 2. When we have done it we must not commend ourselves, for that is an evidence of pride, folly, an…
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